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Marsha Hunt,Ìýformer girlfriend of Mick Jagger, is auctioningÌýa selection ofÌýlove letters he sent her in the summer of 69 at Sothebys on December 12th.ÌýShe says she doesn’t want to be a burden to her children and needs the money to fund her through her old age.ÌýLove letters that come back to haunt you Ìýis nothing new soÌýis putting your love on the written line more dangerous these days, and even if it is, does the ultimate romantic gesture warrant the risk?ÌýJenni talks to John O’Connell author of a new book ‘For the Love of Letters: The Joy of Slow Communication’ and to Guardian ColumnistÌýTim Lott.

ÌýFor the Love of Letters: The Joy of Slow Communication by John O'Connell is published by Short Books, November 2012, priceÌý£12.99.

Love Letters of Great Men, Edited by Ursula Doyle is published by Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-73946-8.

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How much power do women wield in the police force?ÌýTheÌý voter turnout was historically low for the recent elections of the police and crime commissioners. With all ballots counted, turnout was about 14.9%ÌýOut of the 41 posts, 6 women were filled by women. They are still in the minority. In 1991 the series Prime Suspect hit our screens featuring formidable DCI Jane Tennison. At the time there were 14,500 female police officers – the number has now risen to 36,500. Of those 305 are chief inspectors. Jenni speaks to Jackie Malton, a former Detective Chief Inspector who was the inspiration for the character of Jane Tennison in the TV drama Prime Suspect.

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Do you follow complete strangers on Twitter? Constantly update your Facebook status, interrupt one call to take another one and insist on sleeping with your smartphone next to your pillow?ÌýÌý If the answer to all of these is a yes then you might be suffering from FOMO — the fear of missing outÌý - on something or someone more interesting, exciting or better than whatÌýyou're currently doing.Ìý Jenni is joined by writer and recovering FOMO addict, Collette Walsh and Psychologist Emma Kenny to discuss the issues.

Unlike disciplines such as physics, chemistry or engineering, where female students are thin on the ground, in the UK, the number of women and men earning undergraduate degrees in the life sciences is evenly balanced, a trend that carries on into the PhD phase. But as you move up the academic career ladder the less visible women become.ÌýÌýContinuing our Power List series, Professor Nancy RothwellÌý joins Jenni to discuss who are the women scientists in the top jobs, and why are there so few women up there with the men?

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Woman's Hour Power List nominations

Feminist campaigners are closing in on the media – protesting against Page 3, offensive news coverage and the rarity of women on our screens and radios.Ìý Is Leveson about to change things for the better?Jenni is joined by Yvonne Roberts; the Observer’s chief leader writer and byÌýJacqui HuntÌýfrom Equality Now.